Details

Gregor Samsa is a travelling salesman until, that is, the day he wakes up as a gigantic insect. One morning Gregor Samsa awakes to find himself changed. To those around him he is dangerous, untouchable vermin. Worse than that, he is a burden. A word said, an action out of place, the opening of old wounds, none of which can be undone. Until now Gregor has woken every morning, quietly left to take the same train, and worked to pay off the family debt. But that world explodes on this morning of brutal metamorphosis. In their first commission since 2019, Frantic Assembly and Lemn Sissay OBE collaborate on this thrilling new adaptation of Metamorphosis. Combining the fluidity and lyricism of Lemn Sissay's adaptation and Frantic's uncompromising physicality, this promises to be an unmissable retelling of Franz Kafka's shocking tale of cruelty and kindness; a visceral and vital depiction of humans struggling within a system that crushes them under its heel.

Cast/Performers

Joe Layton (Chief Clerk / Lodger), Felipe Pacheco (Gregor), Hannah Sinclair Robinson (Grete), Troy Glasgow (Father), Louise Mai Newberry (Mother)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Franz Kafka
Producer(s): Frantic Assembly, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Curve, MAST Mayflower Studios, Lyric Hammersmith
Adapted by: Lemn Sissay (OBE)
Director(s): Scott Graham, David Gilbert (associate director), Will Burton (CDG - casting)
Design(s): Jon Bauser, Ian William Galloway (video)
Music: Stefan Janik
Lighting: Simisola Majekodunmi
Sound: Helen Skiera
Costume: Becky Gunstone